Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE) Survey
Methods Symposium
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
www.bls.gov
12:30-1:00 p.m.
Registration
Central Reception Area
1:00-1:15 p.m.
Welcome and Logistics—Adam Safir
1:15-2:30 p.m.
Small Scale Redesign Changes
• Testing Web Diaries: Preliminary Findings and Issues—Ian Elkin
• Imputing Across Interviews: Balancing Time Savings with Data Quality
Concerns—Geoffrey Paulin and Danny Yang
• Use of Financial Records in the CE Survey—Brandon Kopp
2:30-2:45 p.m.
Break
2:45-4:00 p.m.
Gemini Project to Redesign the CE
• Overview of the Proposed CE Redesign: Methods and Metrics—Adam Safir
• Assessing Measurement Error in the CE—Roger Tourangeau, Westat
• A Comparison of Consumer Expenditure Surveys—Nhien To and Brett McBride
4:00-4:30 p.m.
Proposed CE Redesign Q&A and Feedback
Conference Rooms 1 and 2
Contact the CE Workshop Team • [email protected] •
http://www.bls.gov/cex/csxannualworkshop.htm • (202) 691-6900